The Physical Activity and Leisure Skills (PALS) program
Children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), ages 7-12 years, and their parent(s) are invited to come to the PALS program on Saturday mornings and participate in 1 hour of physical and leisure skills training. The children are taught PA and social skills in the PALS program while their parents receive workshops about ADHD and recreational services at the same time that their children are being physically active.
Physical and health education professionals and therapeutic recreation professionals, including undergraduate student volunteers from the 麻豆色情片 Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education and Department of Applied Human Sciences at Concordia University, collaborate to lead the PALS sessions for the children and their parents.
Our next session is planned for the fall of 2025 鈥� please check back later for information on how to register.
Background
A physical activity and leisure skills (PALS) program was created to address the lack of community physical activity (PA) programs for children with ADHD in the community.
The mission of the PALS program is to encourage children and adolescents with ADHD in Montr茅al to participate in physical activity and leisure.
The PALS program was developed to be a community physical activity and leisure resource first and a researchable project second. The long-term idea for PALS is inspired by a future vision of a community-based participatory research framework that would involve collaboration and decision-making among community members, researchers, and stakeholders.
We run the PALS program through the Choices in Health, Action, Motivation, Pedagogy and Skills (CHAMPS) physical activity research lab in the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education of 麻豆色情片 and in conjunction with our community sponsor 鈥� the .
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